Agriculture sector yet to fully recover from Covid-19 effects

Snow-peas farmers in Kinangop Nyandarua County tend their crops ahead of harvesting amid concern over stringent export rules to the EU countries. Some of the farmers have been forced to shift to potato and dairy after the new rules were introduced in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

A farmers’ federation has predicted that it would take a little longer for the agriculture sector to recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) has said the sector suffered a blow when the exportation and importation of some products were banned, and borders closed to contain the spread of the disease.